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Healthier planet
Healthier people need a healthy planet. At Britvic, we’re
committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions
by 2050, in line with global efforts to restrict global
temperatures rising by no more than 1.5°C. We were the
昀椀rst UK soft drinks producer to have this goal approved by
the Science Based Targets initiative. So far, we’ve cut our
Scope 1 and Scope 2 market-based emissions by 32.6%
since 2017.8
We’re continuing to make progress. With the support
of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s
Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF), we invested
£8m in a heat recovery system at our Beckton site (the
IETF provided approximately half of this funding). This
will cut emissions by an estimated 1,200 tonnes a year
– about the same amount as the energy used by 11,500
homes a year.19
Last year, we worked with solar energy provider Atrato
Onsite Energy and Squeaky Energy, to generate and
deliver clean energy exclusively for our sites in Great
Britain via a 10-year agreement. This agreement covers
75% of the electricity Britvic gets from the National Grid
in Great Britain – powering current operations, including
its Beckton and Leeds factories, which can produce 2,000
recyclable bottles per minute.
We want to continue to invest in renewable energy
sources and energy e昀케ciency projects, to reach net zero
throughout our operations, as well as stepping up efforts
to become more e昀케cient in terms of packaging and water
use and protecting biodiversity.20
Britvic has teamed up with The Rivers Trust to fund
wetland restoration projects and using our volunteer days
to support litter picks, clearing rivers and tree planting.
In 2023, our employees in Great Britain and Ireland
contributed more than 6,300 hours to community causes,
including those aimed at protecting and improving the
natural environments and biodiversity.20
As a business that primarily relies on sales of packaged
soft drinks, we continue our support for the roll out of a
UK-wide deposit return scheme (DRS), a move that will
increase recycling rates, reduce littering and ensure greater
availability of quality recycled PET plastic. We welcomed
the April announcement that a nationwide DRS will go live
across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales in
October 2027. This is a crucial step in building a truly circular
economy in which packaging never becomes waste.
18 https://sciencebasedtargets.org/target-dashboard;
Britvic plc Sustainability Performance Datasheet 2023
19 IETF Phase 2, Autumn 2021: competition winners - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
20 Britvic plc_Sustainability Performance Datasheet 2023- 788 volunteering days as
taken by Britvic employees. Assuming an eight hour working day: 788 x 8 = 6,304 hours
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